PART 1 A READER''S GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF WRITING 1. Reading and Thinking about Literature: A World of Meaning Meaningless Words and the World of Meaning Literary Form and Assumptions about Meaning The Point of Literary Meaning Forming Literary Meaning Making Sense Making Meaning out of Misunderstanding Roberto Fernández, Wrong Channel Deciphering Meaning: The Riddle Game The Riddle as a Literary Device Sylvia Plath, Metaphors Reading for What Does Not Make Sense Strategies for Reading Critically Writer @ Work: The Reading Process Sharon Olds, The Possessive Student Writing: Justin Schiel reads and annotates The Possessive Clarity and Ambiguity of Language Working with Ambiguity in Literary Writing Reading versus Writing Working with Clarity in Nonliterary Writing: The Summary Student Writing: Four Summaries of The Possessive Clarity and Ambiguity in Storytelling Franz Kafka, Before the Law Student Writing: Two Summaries of Before the Law Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wife''s Story Clarity and Ambiguity of Argument: Summarizing an Essay Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks, I Hate Trees Student Writing: Melissa Kim, A Summary of Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks, "I Hate Trees" Clarity and Ambiguity in Literary Genres Plot Conventions and Expectations Margaret Atwood, Happy Endings Clarity and Ambiguity in Visual Culture Visual Assumptions Writing a Summary of an Image Cornelius Gijsbrechts, Letter Rack with Christian V''s Proclamation Student Writing: Alan Green, A Summary of Letter Rack with Christian V''s Proclamation Looking Back: A World of Meaning 2. Argument, Critical Thinking, and the Process of Writing: Writing in the World Crafting an Argument Analyzing an Argumentative Essay May Sarton, The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life Making Your Own Argument Argument versus Thesis From Idea to Thesis Chinua Achebe, Dead Men''s Path Student Idea Map for "Dead Men''s Path" Critical Thinking: Reading, Questioning, Writing Writer @ Work: Critical Thinking from First Impressions to Finished Paper Critical Thinking Step by Step Mary Oliver, August Student Writing: Katherine Randall, sample writing from drafts to final paper Student Writing: Three Summaries of August Critical Thinking in a Comparison Paper Ellen Hunnicutt, Blackberries Leslie Norris, Blackberries Student Writing: Cynthia Wilson, Leave the Picking to the Boys Thinking Critically about Visual Culture Signs Still Images Sequential Images Moving Images Interactive Images Looking Back: Writing in the World 3. Investigating the World: Planning, Writing, and Revising a Research Paper Finding a Topic Student Writing: Rob Lanney, Paper Topic and Revised Paper Topic Finding, Evaluating, and Summarizing Your Sources in the Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources and Secondary Sources The MLA Works-Cited List Plagiarism and How to Avoid It The Annotated Bibliography Student Writing: Rob Lanney, Annotated Bibliography-Source #1 From the Annotated Bibliography to the First Draft Making an Outline Student Writing: Rob Lanney, The Castle in Productions and Films of Hamlet-An Outline Writing the First Draft